Unity 4.0 launches tooting support for DirectX 11

Building-up from humble beginnings, the Unity game-engine has since brought us titles such as Family Guy Online, MechWarrior Tactics, Battlestar Galactica Online and Wasteland 2.

Though certainly popular for browser-based gaming, Unity actually supports Windows, Mac, the Xbox 360, Windows RT, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, the Wii and PlayStation 3, with support for Linux, Windows 8 and the Wii U in the works.

Unity's latest 4.0 release, however, sees support for DirectX 11, offering developers access to tessellation and compute shaders to pull-off some interesting new tricks.

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A Unity Professional licence can be obtained from just over £1,000, with additional platform licences ranging from £300 to £1,000 each, not quite the six figures one might have to pay for a full Unreal licence.